Appliance for milk-bottles.



C. W. SKlFF. APPUANCE FOR4 MILK BOTTLES;

APPLICATlON FILED MAY'6.19I64 mme@ @en 16,1917

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To all willi/om a? 11mg/ concern:

it known that ll, (1i-rennes lli SKIN', e citizen ol' the United States of America, and resident of Westfield, in the county oi Hampden and State of lliasssehusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Appliances for Milloilottles, or Which the following is a full, clear, end eX- ect description.

This invention relates to an improved :ip-- pliance to loe detechably connected on the top of a mill: bottle or other receptacle, and to effectively und tightly close the recepitecle, to permit readily the swinging to open position of the cover with Awhich the appliance is provided whereby'the liquid may be poured out, to insure the retention 01' locking of the cover, temporarily, in open 'position to conduce to increased convenience of use, to provide that the cover when closed Will accommodate itself to the upper open end of the delivery spout of the device, to provide a handle device whereby the bottle and this improved appliance thereon may be used as a pitcher, to provide means for the removal, from the mouths of bottles, of paper caps with which bottles of milk and cream are commonly supplied, to. provide a simply constructed and readily engaged member to servo as a cream separator, and for the attainment of other objects and advantages hereinafter rendered manifest.

I'lfl'le invention is describedV in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and is set forth in the claim..

ln the drawings :n y Figure l is a front elevation showing a, mill; bottle and the appliance comprising my present improvements applied thereon.

Fig. 2 is e perspective view of the coin plete appliance, parts thereof being shown as disengaged one from another.

llig. 3 is :i sectional view as taken from front to rear through the mouth portion el. e milk bottle and the improved appliance therefor.

Fig. e is en inverted plan view of the cap eperator as engaged therevvithin.

lin the drawings, A. represents a .milk loottlc ci. a hind commonly and. extensively used, the saine hsving et its mouth portion the internel seat a to receive e peper diei: applied therein by the iniil dealer, und for lll() tinued in the ears or prongs f end g to con-1 stitute clips for engagement down around and under the external head of the loottle mouth. l

ji, represents a binding screwplisving a thread engagement through the ear or prong g' for constituting a means to positively, though detachebly, confining the cap on the bottle.

The forward prong f is 'made with a lateral pointed projection f2, which may be utilized by grasping the cap preparatory to securing it on the bott-le to pierce end hook into the peper cap or disk for' its removal from the bottle mouth. f

D represents a circular cover pivotnlly connected to the upper portion ci the spout at the rear side thereof, thev same having. a roundingl top and an integrally formed rearwardly extended lever arm j.

This cover has on its under side a layer c of non-metallic and preferehly compressible material, rubber, for instance; and, in order i that the cap may accommodate itself for r. goed seat on the, end of the spout, irre spective of the thickness of the layer .76, or the degree to which the same has become Worn or compressed, the pivotal connection between the cover and t e spout is a loose one. f

ln this connection attention is celled to Figs. 2 and 3, wherein the cover is made with a. rearwardly extended tongue m leent around to form an elongated eye through which the pivot forming niernher m2 engages.

E represents a heil pivotally connected to eer lugs/n, n et ille opposite letersl sides of the csp.

The rounded er dome shaped cover is.

formed with envupstandingg' rih o, extending;

crowded against its resiliency i 1^While the milk is having spaced upwardly opening notches of therein- The said bail E is adapted when swung in one direction to conine the cover with a yielding pressure in its spout closing position by iinping'eme'nt against the rounding such cover, its retention against dis engagement 'from the cover being insured by its engagement in one oi said notches.

By swinging the bail rearwardly it will engage the arm j and swing the cover to the open position shown in Fig. 3.

The bail in approaching the rearward limit of its swinging movement will be and develop a spring reacion whereby it will remain at the limit to which. it is swung and serve as a lock to teinporaril hold the cover in its open position.

The thin ine-tal of which the spout is coinposed provides a sharp pouring edge whereby the dripping of mill; or cream ollowing the pouring; is precluded.

The depending annular flange has the bail connection ear lugs a n. by proper incisions produced and upwardly turned from opposite portions thereof, leaving the downwardli7 opening recesses p p.

il represents a circular disk or thin plate to be inserted under the cap and within its depending flange d, the saine having opposite lateral proiections engaged in said recesses p.

This plate has an aperture fr therein forward of its-center, and having its about at the junction of the tubular and the base or body l) of the cap.

This apertin'ed dish servesas Aa device to separate the cream from the milk during spout,

the pouring action, as the cream at the top will bank up against the lportion ofthe to the rear ci' the aperture, passing through the latter plate above or and be retained within the bottle.

The projections q g engafing in the receases 7) p prevent rotative displacement oi Athe disk whereby the aperture therein would not be properly positioned.

A handle forming appliance is shown consisting of a band F of thin metal to have an encircling engagement around the body oi the bottle, and said band having connected thereto an upwardly extending" outwardly bowed handle forming member The upper end o' the handle forming member H has an aperture t therein, and such apcrtured end is adapted to have an overlapping relation to the ear gof the cap, and to be confined on the bottle by the saine binding screw 2i as serves for the confinement of the cap.y Y

The encirclii'ig band lT is made so as to be expansible and contractible, whereby to'iit di'i'crent size milk bottles, as, for instance,

`both .yuarts and pints.

' over, packed in location v message The band, therefore, is made with its ends overlapped and slidable around relatively to each other; one end portion of the litnd having apertures u therein, and the other a tongue 'c for engagement in either of the apertures; and one end portion of the band has a loop or keeper 'w for holding the other end portion in close relation theretoa The inner surface oi the spout may have ,a glazed or enamel covering y, is esired.

A bottle of milk, etc., having my improved appliance thereon, may be used without liability ci the mill; dripping down the outside ci the bottle during or ater pouring; the milk may be contained in and poured 'from the bottle without being afrooted by contactwith metal paper'closing disk may be readily removed from its engagement in the mouth of the bottle by the part f, ff' comprised in the cap; the bottle may be laid down, tipped ice, or lunch baskets, an carried in automobiles or other vehicles without liability of leakage-and it is at all times a protector of the milk from flies, dirt and dust and germs; and by the provision oi-the adjustable handle, the bottle becomes converted into a pitcher, saves the-pouring of the milk into another receptacle for table use, and renders it possible to pour out the milk with one hand whereas of many persons the employment of both hands would be required.

1. A cap having means for its detachable connection on the mouth portion of 'a bottle and having an upwardly extending tubular spout ci less diameter than the cap proper, a cover pivotally connected to one side of the spout, having a rearwardly extending arm, and a bail hinged to the cap and adapted to engage the top oli the cover and also said arm, a band circumferentially adjustable and having means for its detachable confinement about the body of the bottle and having an upwardly extending outwardly bowed handle member, and a single means for the detachable connection of said handle member and said cap and to edect a seating of said cap. .Y

2. A cap, having depending earsto engage 'about different portions of a bottle top, having a binding screw threading through one of the ears to edect a irrn seating of the cap on thc bottle, and provided with an upstanding upwardly open tubular spout, a cover pivotally connected tojthe upper portion of said s )out havin an arm extendin0r 7 D surfaces; the

rearwardly beyond the pivotal connection and having a rounding top, a bail pivotally connected to the cap at opposite sides of the spout and adapted when swungl in one direction t'o coni'ine the cover in its spout clos-- ing position, and when swung lin the opposite direction to engage said arm to swing 4 and having other, one end i'for holding the other naeaeee the cover to, tion, and an to encircle the body of the upwardly extending outwardly bowed han-' die member connected to the band, the upper end portion of which :is apertured and adapted to be confined b v said binding screw in relation to bottle.

3. A cap, having depending ears .to engage about dill'ercnt portions or' a bottle top, having a binding screw threading through one of the ears, and provided with an upstanding upwardly open tubular spout, a cover pivotally connected to the upper portion of said spout, having an arm extending rearwardly beyond the pivotal connection a rounding top, a bail pivotally connected to the cap at opposite sides of the spout and adapted when swung in one direction to confinethe cover in its spout closing position, and when swung in the opposite direction to engage said arm to swingr the cover to, and hold it in, its open position, and an appliance comprising a band or' thin metal, to encircle the body of the bottle, having its end portions overlapped and one end of the band slidable around relatively to the portion of the band having a tongue 'for en` apertures, anduthe other gagcment in either of the apertures, and one end portion of the band having a loop end portion in close relation thereto, and an upwardly extending outwardly bowed handle member constituting the sole means of connection betw en the band and the cap. l

Ll. A cap provided with a dep ndinglange adapted to engage about the, mouth portion ol.2 a bottle and provided with an upwardly extending and upwardly open spout, said flange having opposite recesses therein, a cover hinge connccted'to and for closing the spout provided with a rounded top and a rearwardly extended arm, a bail hinged to opposite sides of the cap and for engaging either the rounded top of the cover or said arm, and a plate to be set within the flange the mouth portion of thev bordered base of the cap provided with 0pposite outwardly/'extending ears to be engaged in said flange recesses and having au aperture located forwardly in relation to its center, said sti-formed and so engaged plate constituting a cream separator.

5. A cap having means for its detachable connection with the mouth portion of a bottle and provided with an upstanding upwardly open tubular spout, a cover pivotally connected te the upper portion and at one side of said spout, having an arm extending rearwardly beyond the pivotal connection, and having a dome-shaped top, formed with an upstanding rib extending in a line from rear to front of such top and having spaced upwardly open notches therein, a bail made of spring wire pivotally connected to the cap at opposite sides of the spout and adapted when swung in one direction to engage in said rib notches, and when swung in the opposite direction to engage said arm to swing the cover to, and hold it in its open position.

G. A circular cap having a depending annular flange, from opposite portions of which upwardly turned ear lugs are formed,

leaving downwardly opening recesses in' such flange 'and having an upwardly extendlit ing tubular p'ouring spout, a cover hinged to the rear side of the spout, having an upwardly rounded ,top and a rearwardly eX- tending arm, a bail connected to the said ear lugs and adapted to have retaining engageiuents with said rounded top and said hail, means for detachably holding the cap on the mouthof a bottle, and a circular plate under the cap within said depending flange, having opposite lateral projections engaged .in said recesses, and having an aperture therein forward of the center thereof.

Signed by ine at Springfield, Mass., in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. SKIFF.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BnLLows, Gr. R. DnrsooLL. 

